Wear guard for trousers



Feb. 26, 19 35. PEARL 1,992,235

WEAR GUARD FOR TROUSERS Filed April 28, 1934 INVENTOR. #107 Pear/ ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb 2H6, 1935 i p I Q 7 g UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE l 1992,2351 V l\ l 1- YWEVAR. GUARD FoRrRousEns Irving Pearl, Brooklyn, N.?Y. 1 Application April 28, 1934, Serial No; 722,848,

Claims. j (01. 2-9232) This invention is a wear guard for trousers, and acceptable to thetrade must be simple and and is directed more particularly to a relatively inexpensive and must be so easy to install that small inexpensive device adapted to be associated even the most inexperienceduser can operate it. with the lower marginal portions of trouser legs It must require no extraneous fastening means 5 in such manner as to preclude them from becomand its attachment must be readily accomplished 5 ing worn or frayed due tocontact with the heel by the uninitiated. It must be simple in cone portions of the shoesof the wearer. struction and yet thoroughly efficientinits oper- It is well known that after trousers have been ation and it must be so constituted that when worn for a while the constant rubbing engageplaced on apair of trousers it cannot inadvertment between the interior of the legs at the cuff ently become detached and lost. i l 10 of the trouser causes the fabric to be worn away I'The object of thepresent inventionis to fulfill at this point with the result that the trousers all these requirements andtin a simple and efllbecome worn and frayed in a manner to render cient manner and to produce adevice which may them unsightly and to require repair. Repair be marketed at a low cost to the ultimate conat this point is 'generallytdifficult to carry out sumer. i Y 1 l5, without shortening, the trouser with attendant A further objectof the invention is to provide unsatisfactory appearance. a structure of this character which may be read- The present invention provides a simpleand ily changed from one pair of trousers to another convenient device which will preclude undue in a j y'and the structure of which will not be wear of trousers from this cause. I am aware weakened by'such change; p

that it has heretofore beenproposed to provide Spea ing n a y, present invention in the interior of trouser cuffs with strips of cloth on of its pr ferr d p a alhf m comprises or tape permanently sewed in position and ina relativelyflat bodylportionpwhich will hereintended to take the wear incident to rubbing aft rb n ri al y t rm d; a"w a in p at against the shoes and ithas also been suggested Two of thesedevices are adapted to beassociated 25 to utilize metal devices for the same purpose. Witheaoh ou e leg W 0116 positioned 011 each The metallic devices which have been suggested, side of the medial line of the backthereof. however, have been of anunsatisfactorynature lo g On la edge a Wear p e for various reasons. For example, one of these on t e ba c thereof is positioned a l n prior devices embodied metal plates with wire udinally e te d n t b v l elongated 30 staples associatedtherewith, and so constructed r s 1 ec a Op OppOSite endsthat the wire staples could either be bent over Through this tube extends a wire rod, the OPP or the device secured in place by stitches. Such Si e e ds of Which a e b nt b y d the ends B devices have not proven to be satisfactory for h tu e o pa l relation and sharpfined to l various reasons. They require extraneous f m at ac g p -J a p of the 35 means for, fastening them into position or the -Wi1'6 which is housed within the tube is offset, employmentof tools to properly'bend the staples. s t wh n he pron ar coll ctiv ly moved,

They are visible when'worn. The stitches e a resilient co-actioniwill result between the. rod jaway quickly, and the devices become lost and and the tube so as to normally'maintainthe rod 40 if the bending of the staples is employed, this in n Of W p d nedlt POSitiOnS operation must be carried on with tools and with W h y b either a fully unlocked p o considerable skill, so" as to leave the points of a fully locked D The prongs y the staples protected in a manner not to injure m v d thr u h nt rm d at p sit ns y the shoes or the wearer. For these reasons and h appl a n f ua p s e others; the device in question has never. been but .when released will immediately partake 45 practically accepted for'general use.v of either the fully unlocked or fullylocked,

Another formxof device which has been sugp iti ns. A plurality of pur r so iat d gested is a twopart metallic arrangement re-i with each wear plate in a manner to lock the quiring expensive, dies the manufactureand We p at againsbsedgewise movement in a also requiring very considerable skill in assemrection to release theplate when the prongs are 50 bling these parts ina proper'relation on a 'ga'rin looking position. 3 l

ment,iinsuch manneras 'to precludethe pulling Among theimportant features of the present of the garment out of shape while still providing invention are its extreme simplicity in construca proper mounting for the device. A guard of tion, theease with which it may be attached or 65 the type of thisinvention in'order to be practical detached and itsability to retain its position on the trouser leg against inadvertent attachment.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with theaocompanying drawing.

The accompanying drawing illustrates one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is. a perspective view of the device of this invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are pictorial views showing the manner of attachment of the device to a trouser leg.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the so,-

called wear plate. This plate may be conveniently made from sheet metal or-it may be formed from other suitable material, such as Bakelite, celluloid or the like by means of dies orrmold's. It may be made of resilient material or non-resilient material as will be presently explained. It is preferably made of the shallow shell-like form illustrated and of appreciably greater length and width. Along one: of its ends, it is provided with a hollow tubular'member 2 slightly shorter than the length of the wearplate. This tubular part ismade integral with the wear plate. If the plate is made from. metal. the part 2 may be struck up from the metal in the: form of a tongue which is curled over bymeans of appropriate dies to constitute the tubular section. If the device is molded or made in dies, this tube 2 may be formed or'cast integral withthe plate 1.

An important characteristic of the tube 2 is that it is of elongated cross section with its greatest dimension in a direction transversely of the plate 1. As shown", the sides of the tube which 'are' of the greatest width are made substantially parallel to one another and are'united by curved ends as' shown, s'oas to give a substantially oval cross section.

A wire rod is passed through this tube 2, so.

that the intermediate portion of the wire is housed; within the tube, while the opposite end portions of the wire are bent into parallel relation to one another and in a direction perpendicular to the: axis of the tube to form. attaching prongs 3,. the free ends of which are sharpened as indicated at i. .That portionv of the wire which is housed within the tube 2 is so formed that the parts immediately adjacent the prongs are in alinement with one another as indicated at 5, while that portion of the rod which connects the parts-'5 to one anoth'e'r'is offset on a long sweeping curv'e 'as: indicated at 6. If the tube 2 is of resilient material, the wire which forms the prongs may be relatively rigid, whereas if the tube 2 is rig-id, this wire should be relatively resilient, althoughboth of these parts may be resilient as would be the case if ordinary spring wire were employed within a sheet metal tube 2. In any event the: wireisso formed that the offset 6 lies inthe same plane as the prongs 3 and thus the wireelement embodying the parts 3, 5 and 6 is adapted for two distinct positions of rest with respect to the tube. These positions of rest are manifestly due to the presence of the offset within the fiat tube. The position shown in full lines inFi'gures 1 and 2 and in Figure'3 is the unlocked position.- H

The wire part may, however, be swung over into the dotted: line position of Figures 1 and 2 compressed sufficiently to permit rotary move ment of the prongs with respect to the plate. When the prongs have been moved to the position indicated in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2,

the offset will hold the prongs in this position which constitutes the fully locked position.

The plate is provided with a plurality of sharpened. spurs '7. which are bent back in the direction of the tube 2 and with additional sharpened spurs 8 carried by projecting arms 9 which extend beyondthe ends of the plate. The spurs '7 preclude edgewise shifting of the plate in the direction of the tube 2, which would serve to release the device from a garment, while the spurs 8' preclude longitudinal edgewise shifting of the device which might place a bending strain upon the prongs.

The manner of employing the device is graphically shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5. Four of these devices are used in connection with each pair of trousers, two being associated with each trouser leg. One is positioned on each side of the crease at the back of the leg and at the interior of the leg so as to underlie the cuff of the trouser. All of these devices are attached in the same way and in Figures 3-5, I have shown the manner of attaching one of them. To install the device the prongs are moved to the fully unlocked position indicated in full lines in Figure 1'. This having been done, the prongs are pressed into the fabric as shown in Figure 3. After the prongs have beenfully impaled, the wear plate is folded over, as indicated in Figure 4, through the application of sufiicient manual force to flex the resilient wire or tubular parts.

' Figure 4 shows the plate folded substantially half way. As the folding of the plate is completed to-theposition of Figure 5 which shows its complete attachment, the spurs 7 and 8 impale the fabric and lock the device in position. It is worthy of note that after the device has been tolded to substantially the position shown in Figure 4, with the offset 6 of the wire slightly beyond dead center the inherent resiliency of the parts will complete the folding operation. In other words, the parts will snap into locked position, so that the spurs will be automatically forced into the fabric,

this being particularly so because the prongs when in fully locked position are below the points of the spursas shown in Figures 1 and 2.

In practice, the quick snapping of the parts into locked position efliciently forces the spurs a.

the device and no extraneous attaching means is employed. The device is' on the contrary a self contained resilient clip, the resiliency of which maintains the parts in a position, so that they may be easily attached to a garment and resiliently locked in position thereon. I have found that four of these devices can be more rapidly attached to' a pair of trousers in less ell , time than it is possible tosew on asingle tape. I Furthermore, the use of these devices at either of the cuff, they will prevent contact between the trouser and the pavement and thus preclude wear from this source. Furthermore, they space the trousers from the shoe at all times and keep the trousers clean.

Having thus fully described the invention,what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A wear guard for trousers comprising a wear plate provided on the back thereof and adjacent one edge with a tubular member extending longitudinally of the plate, said tubular member having a cross section of greater interior dimension inthe direction of the width of the plate than in the direction of the thicknessof the plate, a wire extending through said'tubular member with the opposite ends of the wire projecting beyond the opposite ends of theftubular member, that portion of the wire within the tubular member being offset in a radialdirection and the projected ends of the wire being bent into parallel relation in the plane of the offset to form attaching. prongs, and pointed spurs mounted on said plate and projectingin a rear ward direction to impale the fabric of the trou sers when the plate is moved intoface abutting relation thereto with the prongs impaled in said fabric. Y

2. A wear guard for trousers comprising a wear '7 plate provided on the back thereof and adjacent one edge with a tubular member extending longie tudinally of the plate,and of less width than the length of the plate, said tubular member having a cross section of greater interior dimension in the directionof'the width of the plate than in the direction of the thickness of the plate, a wire extending through said tubular member with the opposite ends of the wire projecting beyond theopposite ends of the tubular member, that portion of the wire within the tubular member being offset in a radial direction and'the projected ends of the wire being bent into parallel relation in the plane of the offset to form attaching prongs, and pointed spurs mounted on said plate and projecting in a rearward direction to impale the fabric of the trousers when the plate is moved into face abutting relation thereto with the prongs impaled in said fabric.

wear plate provided on the back thereof and adshell-like wear plate provided jacent'one edge with a tubular, member extend ing longitudinally of the plate, and of less width than the length of the plate, said tubular member havinga cross section of greater interior dimension in the direction of the thickness of the plate, a wire extending through said tubular member with the oppositeends ofthe wire projecting beyond the opposite ends of the tubular member, that portion of the wire within the tubular member being offset in a radial direction and the projectedends of the wire being bent into parallel relation in theplane of the offset to formattaching prongs, and pointed spurs mountedon said plate and projecting in a rearward direction to impale the fabric ofthe trou-,

sers when the plate is moved into face abutting relation thereto with the prongs impaled in said fabric, certain, of said spurs being inclined in the direction of the tubular member to preclude inadvertent withdrawalof the prongs fromthe fabric and certain other of said spurs extending in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the plate to preclude edgewise movement of the plate in a longitudinal direction.

4. A wear guard for; trousers comprising a wear plate, a substantially U-shaped resilient attaching member, the legs of which are pointed and are parallel to one another, the parts adjacent the legs being in line with one another and perpendicular to the legs and the part which connects the alined parts being radially olfset in the planeof the legs, bearings formed on the plate and engaging with the alined parts of the U-shaped member to mount the U-shaped member on the plate with'the offset part of the U- shaped member in camming relation to the plate to permit the prongsto beresiliently maintained .inlocking position with respect to the plate, and

spurs formed on the plate to impale the fabric of the trouser and preclude edgewise movement of the plate with respect to such fabric.

5. A wear guard for trousers comprising a along one of its edges and on the back side thereof with a walled passage of oval cross section extending parallel to the edge of the plate, a wire extending through said passage and projecting beyond the opposite:

ends thereof, the projecting parts of said wire being bent into parallel relation andsharpened at their free ends, those portions of the wire within the opposite ends of the passage being in alinement with one another and the intermediate portion of said wire being offset inthe plane of the prongs, and spurs formed on the plate and projecting in a backward direction to impale the fabric of a trouser when the prongs are im-- paled in said fabric and the wear plate folded down to bring the spurs into engagement with the fabric. 3. A wear guard for trousers comprising a IR ING PEARL. 

